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Hamilton: Le Jardin de Monet; String Quartet No3
Contemporary Hpschd: De Vries, Jeths, Etc
DJ/Stop [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
Golden Arms Redemption [Explicit Lyrics]
Heavy Weather [Original recording remastered]
From Scotland With Love-Musical Landscape Paintings
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This 1969 release features David Bowie's first hit single, "Space Oddity," and sets the tone for the spacey Ziggy Stardust to come. But other than the title track, Space Oddity isn't a glam-rock album. For that phase, one must move ahead to 1970's The Man Who Sold the World. These folk-based tracks largely present Bowie as a surrealist singer-songwriter. The uncharacteristically bitter and sarcastic "Letter to Hermione" is the most impassioned track here, presenting, as it does, the angry side of this master of cool. While still earlier recordings are noted for their Anthony Newley affectations, Space Oddity is where the Bowie myth begins to take shape. --Rob O'Connor